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Written by Daryl Klous
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 Donald L. Syvertson of Glenwood is someone who reclaims what others may discard as unusable. Syvertson takes pieces of used wood and fashions them into something beautiful. He has the patience and skill to transform reclaimed boards, found tree limbs, willow tree branches, and recycled lumber into interesting rustic pieces of furniture.
“I make bent willow chairs, tables, armoires, plant stands, headboards, benches, and a variety of other usable everyday furniture and decorative items.” he said.
When looking at Syvertson’s work, you will note that he has a keen eye for detail and a very humble manner.
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Written by Jessica Critz
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When asked how many songs she can play by memory alone, Dorothy Kammerer just laughs. Hundreds? Definitely. Thousands? Probably. Dorothy seems to be a living musical encyclopedia.
Dorothy has been a piano player for as long as she can remember.
“My parents told me I began playing around two. It probably didn’t sound very good, but I was interested and eager to learn.”
It started as nothing more than experimenting with notes, but she showed immediate talent. At the age of five she began taking lessons, and her love of music has been with her ever since.
Dorothy is a Minnesota native, born in Murray County. She attended school in Ruthton, and when she began high school she was already employed as the organist for Aetna Lutheran, a small church in Ruthton.
“I earned 25 cents each Sunday. It wasn’t a lot, but it didn’t matter. I loved it,” Dorothy smiled.
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Written by Bev Ahlquist
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Mention George Couleur and pretty much everyone in Kandiyohi County knows who you’re talking about. He’s basically a household name because of his involvement in the community for the past umpteen years and the special jobs he has held, from working as a meat cutter to driving school bus to serving as the county’s water safety deputy -- and at one point, all of them at the same time.
Couleur’s home, located just west of New London, reflects his many interests through some unique collections that are very meaningful to him.
One collection is a number of anchors he’s collected over the years, anchors he found while diving.
“I’ve done quite a bit of diving and one of the anchors I got is about four feet tall and came out of Green Lake.”
He said it’s a forged anchor and he was told by Laurel Fredeen from Green Lake Trailer Works that the anchor had to be from the 1800s. Couleur recovered most of his anchors in the 1960s.
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Written by Sandy Grussing
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Did you know that falls are the number one cause of accidental death in adults over 65 years of age? Additionally, more than half the active people over 65 who fall and break a hip never return to their previous level of activity.
Are you at risk of falling? If you don’t know the answer to that question, ask yourself these three questions. Have you fallen in the past year? Are you afraid that you might fall? Do you frequently need to use your arms to rise from chairs? Answering yes to any of these questions indicates that you may be at risk for falling.
About three years ago, health care professionals and others interested in the quality of life for seniors, met to focus efforts on fall prevention. It is to these meetings that Donna Whitcomb, Program Director for Augustana Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) traces the birth of the program established in McLeod, Meeker, Kandiyohi and Renville Counties referred to as Bone Builders.
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